by Kim McConnell
Canadians for Language Fairness
I was feeling very depressed this morning, thinking of how hard we’re fighting for the rights of English-speakers and how easy it is for the French-speakers to get funding from the government. Then, as if I didn’t feel bad enough, I received this link from Bob.
http://blog.ottawakiosk.com/?p=3218#more-3218
Once again we see another $4 million (on top of the countless millions already given to the University of Ottawa) in the futile attempt to create more bilingual people. The billions already spent in countless French Immersion programs across the country didn’t achieve the number of French-speakers necessary to call that a success so, obviously, more had to be done!!!
This time, Graham Fraser decided to target the university – starting with the University of Ottawa. Other universities will be pressured into doing the same thing!!!
Then I read the following two articles and suddenly, I wasn’t so depressed anymore!!! The call for changes to the Equalization Payments program can no longer be ignored – too many provincial premiers - Gordon Campbell, Danny Williams, Brad Wall and even Dalton McGuinty - are not satisfied with the present scheme.
The second article refers to a study by Leger Marketing conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies. It revealed that French Quebecers are the least popular group of people in Canada!!! This is something we’ve always known but had no proof. French Quebecers are more selfish and self-absorbed culture than any other Canadian group. They behave without any regard for the effect their behavior has on others. Being obsessed with one’s language and culture is one thing, but forcing the rest of Canada to pay for it is unacceptable!!!
Now, I’m not saying that ALL Francophones are like that – there are many, many Francophones who are well aware of the unacceptable limits being pushed by the policy of Official Bilingualism and who sympathize with our fight for fairness. I am, however, pointing to the leaders who are encouraging their followers to keep pushing and pushing, even when it is clear that they’ve gone too far!!!
Using the tools of historical revisionism to teach the ordinary Francophones that they were deprived of their rightful place in our society and encouraged by the damned Socialists to believe that the British colonial powers treated them badly, when, in fact, they exist today only because King George III allowed them to keep their language and their religion.
They grew up under the protection of the British and should thank their lucky stars that France abandoned them for the more lucrative islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Look at ex-French colonies like Haiti, Somalia and all those failed states that depend on world charity to stay alive. Without the protection and nurturing under the British system of government, Quebec would not be as well-off as they are now!!!
So, the two following articles made my day!! I hope they made yours too!!! Kim
| Harper has new equalization opponent |
Ottawa Sun : January 29, 2010
By DAVE BREAKENRIDGE, QMI Agency
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is never one to shy away from a political fight. But his next big opponent isn’t likely to be one of the federal rivals.
Ironically, it’s one of his closest political allies.
Ted Morton, who along with Harper co-signed the Firewall Letter urging Ralph Klein to take steps to limit federal intrusions in provincial affairs, was named Alberta’s finance minister last month, with one of his main tasks being stronger advocacy for changes to Canada’s equalization program.
It’s a subject that has caused great tension between the provinces for years, the constitutionally enshrined sacred cow that sees boatloads of cash transferred to poorer provinces.
After the prime minister backtracked on a promise made to premiers a couple of years back not to include resource revenue in a revamped formula, likely to curry favour in Quebec, Alberta may not be alone in fighting the fight.
It’s not that contributors to equalization don’t like sharing, Morton has said.
Read more:-
http://www.ottawasun.com/comment/editorial/2010/01/29/12669946.html
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Cnews : January 26, 2010
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, Parliamentary Bureau
OTTAWA — English Canadians view immigrants and Jews more favourably than they do French Quebecers, according to a new poll.
In fact, the only group further down the list than French Quebecers when it comes to who English Canadians view favourably are aboriginal Canadians.
French Quebecers have a significantly higher opinion of English Canadians than English Canadians have of them. The poll found 75% of French Quebecers have a favourable opinion of English Canadians, but only 60.1% of English Canadians have a favourable opinion of French Quebecers.
In Quebec, French Quebecers are viewed the most favourably, followed by English Canadians, immigrants, aboriginal Canadians, and Jews.
Leger Marketing conducted the poll for the Association for Canadian Studies. It was released exclusively to QMI Agency. Jack Jedwab, executive director of the association, said the finding he found the most surprising was the way English- and French-speaking respondents regarded each other.
“I didn’t think the English Canadians’ perspective on French Quebecers would be as negative as it was,” Jedwab said. Jedwab said the results of how immigrants, Jews and aboriginal Canadians are viewed are similar to those in previous polls.
The poll also found the more time a respondent had spent with Canadians from a different background, the more likely they were to view people from that background favourably.
“It is good news for people who are engaged in promoting exchanges between Canadians of different language backgrounds,” Jedwab said.
Favourable views also increased with the age of the respondent. Across the country, English Canadians were regarded the most favourably by all respondents at 84% — well above immigrants at 70%, Jews at 69%, French Quebecers at 65% and aboriginal Canadians at 56%.
Albertans have the least favourable attitude in the country when it comes to immigrants, French Canadians and aboriginal Canadians, and was narrowly above Quebec when it came to their view of Jews. While 80% of Albertans viewed English Canadians favourably, that dropped to 60% for immigrants, 58% for Jews, 47% for French Canadians and 45% for aboriginal Canadians.
Ontarians had the most favourable views when it came to Jews (78%) and aboriginal Canadians (59%), second most favourable on immigrants (72%) and third most favourable on French Quebecers (60%).
The Leger poll of 1,500 respondents, conducted via web panel the week of Nov. 30, has a margin if error of 2.5 percentage points 19 times out of 20.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/01/26/12622806-qmi.html
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